Variazione e cambiamento linguistico dell’italiano

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1024357BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Students must have taken ‘Morfosintasssi dell'italiano’, before they can enroll in this course. Enrolling for this course, means that you simultaneously take 'Language variation and change' or have successfully passed it. If you are enrolled in a preparatory programme you can register this course without restrictions.

Taught in

Italian

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Ann Peeters (course titular)
Chiara Zampieri

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
65 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In the context of this course, the different varieties of Italian are discussed.

More specifically, the following core chapters are dealt with:

- varietà diachroniche

- varietà diafasiche

- varietà diatopiche

- varietà diamesiche

- varietà diastratiche

The lectures, which are interactive, cover theoretical approaches as well as practical applications and examples.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) :

Additional info

Weekly attendance is strongly recommended.

The lectures are taught in Italian.

Additional information will be provided at the beginning of the academic year and published afterwards on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The course aims to deepen the students' knowledge of the structures of the Italian language and to provide an overview of Italian and its varieties.

Students are able to scientifically analyse the diatopic, diachronic and diastratic variation of Italian, using theoretical models and the corresponding linguistic terminology.

Students are able to analyse in an autonomous way analogous examples to those discussed in the course.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Examen Mondeling with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral examination: open en closed questions

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context